Editing Dwarf Fortress Wiki

The '''Dwarf Fortress Wiki''' is a [[wikipedia:gratis|free-access]], [[wikipedia:free content|free-content]] ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' [[wikipedia:wiki|wiki]], supported and hosted by <s>[[User:Briess|some guy called Briess]]</s> [[User:Emi|Emi]] and [[User:Lethosor|Lethosor]]. Those who have [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup created an account] on the site can edit most of its articles. The Dwarf Fortress Wiki is ranked among the ten most popular ''Dwarf Fortress''-related websites<sup>a</sup>, and constitutes the [[wikipedia:Internet|Internet]]'s largest and most popular ''Dwarf Fortress'' reference<sup>b</sup>.

The Dwarf Fortress Wiki launched on October 29, 2007. The wiki has [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles.

The hosting costs for the wiki have generously been provided by [https://www.kitfoxgames.com Kitfox Games] since November 2022.

==History==
===40d era===
Briess launched the Dwarf Fortress Wiki on October 29, 2007.

===v0.31 era===
A new version of the wiki was cloned for the 2010 release. It appears that the 23a version of the wiki was retroactively created during this time.

===v0.34 era===
A new version of the wiki was cloned for the 2012 release.

===DF2014 era===
A new version of the wiki was cloned for the 2014 release. 

===v50 era===
A new version of the wiki was cloned for the initial [[Premium]] release, in 2022. This is the most recent version.

==Policies and laws==
{{main|Dwarf Fortress Wiki:Community Portal}}

The Dwarf Fortress wiki has its policies in the form of a list of rules. Each rule begins with one letter of the alphabet.

==Governance==
There are a few [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&group=sysop administrators] that keep some order.

==Community==
The Dwarf Fortress Wiki has [[Special:ActiveUsers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}]] registered editors, and [[Special:ActiveUsers|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}]] active editors. An editor is considered active if they make one or more edits in said month.

==Operation==
===Software operations and support===
The operation of the Dwarf Fortress Wiki depends on [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], a custom-made, [[wikipedia:free software|free]] and [[wikipedia:open source software|open source]] [[wikipedia:wiki software|wiki software]] platform written in [[wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] and built upon the [[wikipedia:MySQL|MySQL]] database system.

===Hardware operations and support===
Go ask Briess.

==Content licensing==
{{main|Dwarf Fortress Wiki:Copyrights}}
All editors publish their contributions under [[wikipedia:GNU Free Documentation License| GNU Free Documentation License]] and the [[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT License]]. This doesn't include images, which are tagged with individual licenses.

The wiki contains also content from ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', including its game files. The copyright to such content is held by: "''Copyright (c) 2002-{{CURRENTYEAR}}.  All rights are retained by Tarn Adams''"<!-- copyright information from readme.txt 2022 -->

==Impact==
===Readership===
A lot of people playing ''Dwarf Fortress'' use the Dwarf Fortress Wiki.

===Sister projects===
A few different wikis in other languages have popped up:
* [http://www.dwarffortress.fr/wiki Le Wiki Français]
* [http://wikiwiki.jp/dwarffort/ The Japanese (日本語) Wiki]
* [http://www.dfwk.ru The Russian Wiki ]
* [http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/ The Polish Wiki]
* [http://español.dwarf-fortress.info/wiki The Spanish Wiki]
* [http://cdf.wikidot.com/start The Chinese Wiki (Wikidot)]
* [https://dfzh.huijiwiki.com The Chinese Wiki (huiji)]

==Notes==
:a. Probably.
:b. Almost certainly.

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